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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
all
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
apprised
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Ay
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
back
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
boy
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
bring
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
broached
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
comes
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
crowed
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
cure-reporting
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
Cured
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
day
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
dayspring
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
Dearer
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
Declared
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
die
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Effect
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
eyes
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
father
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
glad
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
Hail
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
heard
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Just
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
lied
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
like
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
manufacture
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
more
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
Mubid's
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
mule-and-baggage
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
news
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
night
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From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
Now
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
once
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
outpoured
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
pair
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
safe
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
salve
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
saw
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
single
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Slain
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
smear
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
soldiers
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
some
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
sons
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
sound
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
stout
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
sufficed
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
t
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
tale
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
ten
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Hail!' crowed This: 'Dearer the news than dayspring after night!
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
thus
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
twenty
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
twofold
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From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
vein
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
very
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
warrants
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
wars
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Now, when his pair of sons were thus apprised Effect was twofold on them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
why
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
wounds
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From this reading The twenty soldiers lied, he saw him stout, Cured of all wounds at once by smear of salve, A Mubid's manufacture: such the tale.
years
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
Yezdt
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From this reading Ay, The very same we heard of, ten years since, Slain in the wars: he comes back safe and sound,-- Though twenty soldiers saw him die at Yezdt,-- Just as a single mule-and-baggage boy Declared 't was like he some day would,--for why?
youngster
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From this reading The cure-reporting youngster warrants me Our father shall make glad our eyes once more, For whom, had outpoured life of mine sufficed To bring him back, free broached were every vein!'
